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1950's Mystery autographs
Can anyone identify these? They came from a small autograph book that also contained Mantle, Rizzuto, Allie Reynolds, Al Rosen, Eddie Mathews, Orestes Minoso, and Chico Carrasquel.
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I think that's Warren Giles in the first
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The third one looks like Cookie Lavagetto.
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That's interesting. It's hard to make much sense of his inclusion, but he's the last autograph in the book, so no telling.
From SABR bio project: ...1951, whereupon Lavagetto quit playing and signed on with Brooklyn as a coach. When Dressen was refused a two-year contract after the 1953 season, Cookie sent owner Walter O’Malley a telegram that read: “Please accept resignation.” The loyalty Lavagetto had toward Dressen was strong, and he followed Dressen back to Oakland as a coach. In 1955 Dressen was named manager of the Washington Senators and brought Lavagetto with him.
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Thanks! 2 to go.
Other than the Yankees and Paul Derringer (forgot to mention above), the others seemed to be from Chicago, Cleveland or Milwaukee. The owner of the book probably caught the Yankees when they were visiting Chicago or Cleveland. Mathews was in Boston in 1952 and Reynolds' last year was 1954, so I'm guessing these are from 1953-54. Due to page order (discounting Mantle), I think the one that looks like the first name starts with 'E' or 'W' is probably associated with the 1953 or 1954 White Sox, but not finding anything remotely close.
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Mike Garcia?
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DOH!!! That completely makes sense. I was looking at the 1953-54 Indians, due to Al Rosen, but was fixated on 'E' or 'W' for the first name.
Thanks everyone.
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The Big Bear
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